This Story is Archived
Rising Gas Prices Cripple New York Taxi Drivers »
Posted by: Neophile 2 years agoFor the 42,000 men and women who drive New York City's famed yellow taxis, sustained high fuel prices have endangered their livelihood.
Read Full Story at today.reuters.com »
This Story is Archived and Commenting is Closed
Comments: 8
-


tommytrc
Aug. 4, 2006, 5:11 p.m.Oil copmanies are killing us!!!! They make huge profits and we get dutch doored! Sad news indeed!
-


k21bl
Aug. 4, 2006, 5:59 p.m.Hey you cab drivers in NY City, Hang in there! These oil companies are a pain you know where! Greedy B's!
-


Tristansdad
Aug. 4, 2006, 7:11 p.m.Correct me if I´m wrong, but I beleive there are maximum fares allowed by the city for the Taxi rides. It might be time to adjust those....
-


saadi31
Aug. 4, 2006, 8:15 p.m.Froggy...its funny in the other blog you are against the raising of Minimum wage and in this blog you are in favor of taxi fare hike. If the min wage or wages do not get increase how are people going to afford their taxi rides???
You have to keep in mind with increase oil prices, there will be inflation across the board due to increase overhead for companies....does anyone remember the oil crisis in the 70s'??????
The basic necessities will increase in price...
-
-


Mat347
Aug. 4, 2006, 9:54 p.m.I say let them disappear...nothing against the drivers, but drastic things like this needs to happen before we get any support from our government...on top of a president that's not tied into oil.
-


AntEazy
Aug. 5, 2006, 2:10 a.m.damn gas used to be around a buck before Mr. Bush sat his *****in **s in the chair!!!
The first 7 comments are shown. Show all 8 comments »
Submitted By:
NeophileI'm a Propeller Scout so if you have any questions or concerns, send me a message and I'll be happy to help.
Also submitted:



